Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-24

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= conversation it is not for publication
D primarily, but simply as an evidence 4
good faith, and what Colonel Csrhaa
r said is here given in order that it ma
q not extend outside of THE GAZETT
readers, for there are enough of them t
keep secret. A third party Joined th
group, "who shall, for the present, b
1 nsmeless," and acted as interlocutoI
''You were speaking of the Panhandle,
, quOth the new arrival, "wha
sort of g country is it out there? l hav
: heard much of 1t in general way, but
, having never visited that region, my opin
ions are somewhat divided between tn
good and Indifferent reports l hear"
: Said Colonel Carhart: "In what re.
spect do you desire to hear about tht
Panhandle? Do you mean as a country
for farming, stock raising, picturesque
scenery, present development or future
possibilities?"
The new conner studied a moment anc
responded:
1" want to know all about it socially
geographically, financially and pros
rectively.n
This gave the gentleman from the wild
untutored west ample range over which
to travel, and he commenced:
"GoD's COUNTRY"
"The Panhandle is Gods chosen
country. On it he seems to have lavIshed
! his choicest gifts. In that region which.
\ to many, is terra inCoguito, there is ell
fthGt-a'tne most industrious imsgi-
nation can conceive - all that
the most eXacting could ask.
As stock raising country it has no su-
perior. The indigenous grasses grow
with prodigal luxuriance, and at all times
and in all seasons of the year cattle find
ample sustenance and more-they sre
kept fat and marketable at all times.
SCENERY.
Gas to the physical appearance of the
country, 1 can hardly find language to
properly describe it. Just imagine"
continued Colonel Carhart with
animation, "a perfect infnity
of beauty and expansive grandeur;
grand rolling prairies, carpeted with
waving grasses, which extend in all direc
tions as far as the eye can see; beautiful
undulations to relieve the monotony of
the otherwise unvaryIng sheen Of emerald
spread out beyond the VISIONS reach and
kissing the horizon at every point CT the
compass. Why, sir, you might as well
attempt to paint the battle of Waterloo
with T. whiteWash brush as to attempt TO
portray the beauties Of the Panhandle with
words. In the effort, Language becomes at
once u craving mendicant and bank
rupt. The bounlesS eXpanse of fertile
soil stretching, far beyond the artificial
perspective created by field glasses, i'm
press one with the immensely of Texas,
the immensely OF the American Union
and, when we realize that these are but
the alphabet of measurement, we are i'm
pressed with the immensely of space and
the insignifcanCe Of man. No man can
be mean, Or little, or picsyunish
in the west; ride over our
pvsiries has the effect Of expanding
ones heart and ideas, so that the miser
from the most congested districts of the
OVer-crowded Centers of population can
not remain among US fortnight
without becoming what he himself
would esteem, al his home, devotee of
liberalism and q victim of prodigslity.
Everything is great and grand out there;
the air comes fresh and braCing over
houndless space as though emerging
from tabled wind caves and scam
pering over the broad ocean; the
sun shines down through pure ether,
and the shadows of vagrant clouds which
sometimes feck the green swsrd, serve
only to relieve, gently, the oppressive
ness of illimitable beauty and
light. There is nothing small,
nothing mean, nothing mesger,
or circumscribed in that country; every
thing bespesks amplitude, unrestrained
liberty, primeval purity. Even the walls
Of the world seem far removed beyond
the rolling hilltops, giving space to ac-
zion and Imagination"
THE SOIL.
Captain Adamson had moved his chair
back until it touched a lamp post and
THE GAZETTE scribe took refuge in the
open street. The new conner, in his
Amusement mumbled something about
"soil," when Colonel Carhart came down |
from astride the ray of rhetoric upon
which he had been riding and continued:
"The soil is q dark chalky loan, ad |
mirably adapted TO the production Of all
kinds of farm products. We have veg
etables of all sorts in abundance and |
need buy nothing but pepper /
and salt. Pess, beans, radishes, carrots, |
onions, tomatoes and all manner Of gar |
den truck grow in abundance, and IS for |
oats and other cereals the country can |
not be beaten by snybody's country. We
have this year some HOO acres in oats |
which will yield on an average of from |
fifty TO sixty-fve bushels to the acre and |
agriculture is only in its infancy. The |
elevation is about the same IS Lincoln, /
Nebraska, and certainly the soil is more
genial and salubriouS. l would not |
trade it for any climate under the sun.
There is but little farming relatively, be-
cause people find 1t easier and more
country will be as densely populated as
New York state. immigration is fast
filling up the country, and we will soon
have voting population equal to the
most populous counties of Middle Texas.
And the scenery is'-
"Hold on" said Captain Adam
son, rising in perfect desperation,
you have mentioned. that before. Let
is go around to the rooms of the Young
Mems Christian Association, where have
In engagement with some friends. What
will II be?"
"Soda," echoed the entire party, and
Is the glistening globules revelled in
heir foamy environments, THE GAZETTE
cribe wondered how he was going TO
ecollect 81 this without notes. He drank
is soda, wiped his imperial, and won
erred, and Wondered, and wondered.
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